The French in Madagascar.
HEAVY MORTALITY AMONG THE TROOPS. DECISIVE DEFEAT OF THK HOVAS. (Per Press Associali*-**-'* Pai-i.*:, .Wpfc. 2ft. j The French troops operating iu Madagascar are dying at Majuuga, on the | N.W. coast, at tho rate of forty daily. The Flying Column, under the com- | mand of General Voyron, 4,000 strong, j defeated the whole of the Hova army I without loss at Ambobunena Pass, and ' 80 guns were captured. The advanced guard is now only 70 kilometres from the capital.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 77, 27 September 1895, Page 2
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